October 2019

Editorial: Facebook hands its microphone to lying politicians, Twitter takes it away (Los Angeles Times)

Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 06:38

Showing that the U.S. won’t hold it back, China launches commercial 5G service (Washington Post)

Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 06:38

Americans Trust Local News. That Belief Is Being Exploited. (New York Times)

Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 06:37

Trump campaign says Twitter ad block will ‘silence conservatives’ (Vox)

Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/30/2019 - 19:50

Facebook reports record revenue. Grew 29 percent to $17.7 billion. (Washington Post)

Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 10/30/2019 - 16:38

Twitter to ban all political ads amid 2020 election uproar

Twitter will ban all advertisements about political candidates, elections and hot-button policy issues such as abortion and immigration, a significant shift that comes in response to growing concerns that politicians are seizing on the vast reach of social media to deceive voters ahead of the 2020 election. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said paying for political speech has the effect of “forcing highly optimized and targeted political messages on people.” “While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politi

In California Fires, Power Outages Knock Out Modern Phones

Dayslong power outages in California are revealing an inconvenient fact about modern phones: When the electricity goes out, so do they. Power shutdowns in the state meant to prevent further fire risk have cut power to some cell towers, as well as to cable providers that sell home voice services along with television programming and internet access.

AT&T updates its unlimited plans again, now with more data and less free TV (Vox)

Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/30/2019 - 15:32

AT&T will slash $3 billion off its capital investments in 2020

AT&T is planning to spend just $20 billion on capital investment in 2020, down from $23 billion in 2019. The company is under pressure from investors to control spending, in part because its TV business is tanking and because of AT&T's giant debt load stemming from the purchases of DirecTV and Time Warner. AT&T increased capital investment between 2018 and 2019, but its 2020 outlook would push the company's spending to lower than its 2018

What Cities Can Learn From Atlanta’s Cyberattack (City Lab)

Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/30/2019 - 15:27

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